Actually, they are both separate scripts, and work standalone as I mentioned. Basically, in script A I input an action ie create or update, and for update I input an item id as well eg item-001. I then pass both params to script B, which gets the related info from the DB and displays it for possible alteration. It also displays another submit button.
The problem is that although script/form B is now displayed, it seems that the code has already returned to A, because when I click submit in B, it actually re-submits A, therefore B's changes are lost.
I think it's something to do with CGI being a stateless protocol, but I'm not a CGI prog, I do back end stuff, so I don't know how to tell it to submit the displayed form ie B.

Hope that's clearer

Chris

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